In the Egyptian language, we are familiar with the term /dwA/ "to worship, praise, adore.

" There is a homograph/homonym of /dwA/ with the meaning of "morning, rise early." It also has a variation /dwAj/ "morning sun" [Wb V 424]. The Nilo-Saharan languages gives us some clues to the vocalization of this term. As I've stated before, Egyptian /A/ is an /l/ sound. It should also be known that in Nilo-Saharan, /t/ and /d/ interchange. With that said, we have the following: ************* tVr "moon." An areal form, also found in Chadic (all three branches), Cushitic and forms such as tela "bright, day," etc., widespread in Niger-Congo. (Nilo-Saharan) A. Gao -darKaado, Zerma -diri, 'star'; -daria D. Fur, Amdang duwal, 'sun': dulF. (all) "moon, time": TVr H. Kunama, Ilit teel-, teerI. Kwama a-dwei, a-dwoi K. Ik 'star': ooleL. (all) tar-, ter*see M. Lionel Bender's article "Nilo-Saharan" in Heine & Nurse _Introduction into African Languages (2000: 71)_ for the languages associated with the letters given above. It should be noted as well that the /dwA/ terms are written with a "star" glyph [N14]. *That should be _African Languages: An Introduction_ by Heine & Nurse_.